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i have no idea bol member? pro athlete? board builder? i just like his form is all ;) kind of curious about any more public background that i'm not presently aware of.

*Cough* private video

who's that on the coiler?

the footage 1:35 into the vid with the rearward view mounted from the helmet was unexpectedly awesome, being able to see the trenches pathing left and right.

can't see a thing... what's he doing 9 seconds into that bachelor vid?

hmmmmmmm.. looks like i've got a new place to take all my dates and not end up broke :D

heh. doesn't work that way for me. i usually need something in the morning or i won't last 'til lunch. if i want to squeeze the most out of my day or if i'm being pushed hard by riders faster than myself, i have to take a lunch break at some point and eat to regain some strength. otherwise, i'm absolutely weak and worthless by late lunch time and won't be able to keep carving; riding style turns to skids, and my time on the slopes will be maybe 60/40 spent riding to resting. 120#.

never looked at how far away you were 'til now. if you're into checkin' out regional fastfood chains, in-n-out is worth a try if you haven't had it before. personally, i've always wanted to try white castle, thanks to harold and kumar ;) stock burgers come with lettuce, tomatoes, and a "spread" that many consider indistinguishable from thousandisland; if desired, you can switch that out for ketchup and/or mustard. they'll always ask if you want onions on your burger (they'll give you raw onions if you say yes, though you can ask to have "grilled onions" or a "whole grilled" slice of onion instead). you can also order your burger "animal style" where they add pickles, grilled onions, extra spread, and they cook the patty with mustard. fries can also be ordered animal style (comes with spread, grilled onions, and cheese), but the price is unreasonably jacked up on this item; i usually just order regular fries and ask for a couple sides of spread. you can also customize the number of patties and slices of cheese on your burger. even though they're fast food, they'll pretty much do anything you ask to your burger... cook longer or shorter the patties, fries, or bun.. extra ingredients, etc. for the most part, you'll only run into additional charges for extra patties or cheese.

usually water and gatorade in my backpack that i ride with. every once in a while, if i feel like lettin' loose... a flask filled with whiskey :) i'll concur with it sort of loosening you up in a good way at first, then eventually in a bad (or also good depending on how you look at it) way if you keep pounding.

had you read even the OP, you'd have known that i already use eliminators :) it's ok. two or three other people missed that too somehow :p

Sorry, more hijack. Every bootfitter I've been to has told me that my feet are too flat to benefit from preformed footbeds like Superfeet ($35) and all have recommended some kind of custom solution. I've had my eyes on Sole brand footbeds for a while, but the scant feedback I'd found on them (here on these forums) have been pretty much negative. I don't have the $150 and higher I've been quoted by bootfitters to spend on customs. In light of that, I'm just looking to reduce overall or significantly prolong the onset of pain.. absolutely okay if not completely eliminated. And apparently, I can't benefit from preforms (like Superfeet) like others can. From some of the posts here, I'm starting to wonder again if Sole could be what I'm looking for. Anyone have any idea on the chances of that?

wow. and to think that at one point i considered APC my fave band. ty. ooo. so yeah, when i was first listening to it, i thought it might've been an NiN tune. turns out i wasn't far off, seeing that reznor shares credit on that track

what's the tune?

Ha. I have weekends and Tuesdays off, and I'm trying to see if I can get either a Monday or Friday off instead, as I'm two hours away from my home mountain.

by the way, i think his name is Simson.

Maybe you guys slightly misinterpreted? Maybe not :) Like JohnO'Brien defines two prominent categories of many within ski patrol: At least, the way I perceived it, Flounder was referring solely to those that can be defined by the latter category that JohnO'Brien outlined, regardless of how abundant they are in any given ski patrol community. Personally, my natural reaction to that would be the simple "that's something else" or "that's neither here nor there." At least, for me, the fact that I share a friendship with a person doesn't base nearly as much of my personal judgments and opinions of someone's character as your quote seems to make out about your such deductions. Again, same reaction. I don't doubt that ski patrol can perform (what I see as) their primary tasks adeptly. To make an extreme example of your argument and present a new point, you can have a dick on ski patrol do a great job rescuing a rider that he felt had no business attempting a run too difficult for their skill level, all while insulting and criticizing him. In the end, his skillset may far outweigh his nasty 'tude as a valuable asset. I wouldn't say that this sort of attitude absolutely has no place in ski patrol (though it is pretty bad and can hurt business); just that this is character in no way befitting for head of ski patrol. Great example: Dr. House, who operates under the (lack of :lol:) control of the more presentable Dr. Cuddy. Anyway, to go off further on my own tangent, that explanation refers more to Angry Craig, whose actions of shooting down fin despite present evidence supporting his case and fabricating a "bigger picture" I can only view as downright unacceptable given his position (not necessarily in title, but in the fact that a person of his combination of character and authority was placed where he was in the situation). As for Len, he made a bad call, and some see his actions as having gone on a power rampage, and I wouldn't argue against that; though personally, I would readily forgive him had some aspects of this incident been handled more (and rightfully IMO) in fin's favor or if any sincere apologies were made. Everybody makes mistakes, and it's expected to happen more often within the peons. OTOH, the mistake of Angry Craig made by a tenacious head employee working in related fields since 1991, no less, is far less readily forgivable, particularly when he would not submit despite being countered in debate. I've seen this stuff happen way too much in my short time here on earth, headstrong jerks lacking the will and/or capacity to take a step back and be reasoned with, almost to the point of placing hate in my heart toward them. Society may not be able to force-shape every last person's personality into something "better," but that's a detestable trait in a leader.

Wwhoooooooo!!!!!+1 Kimi~

apparently he wasn't doing the same for you when you were trying to make your position understood, instead evading your statements and giving you crap about the children and his mortgage, so there was no need for you to do that for him. just wanted to get my own quip in this thread, if not write an essay :) i'm not kidding though, i can go on over how this guy blew such an amazing chance to shine a good light on his professional community as an ambassador with little more cost in time than he spent in that meeting. i started writing out a post in my word processor and it soon spanned a page while i was only a fraction of the way through my point. i suppose it's not necessary to have my viewpoint broadcasted this time around; everyone thinks fin=good and keystone=bad, so it's all gravy you know, i'm 99.9% of the time the kind of coward that readily admits guilt if it saves me trouble and scoops me out of some crap, but being in fin's position with the video-recorded scenes and all, i think i would've taken the same course of action and handled the meeting as similarly to fin as i could have. fin, i'm glad you didn't cave in the end too.

i think i'll just take a cheapy snowmobile for that much.. never ridden a snowmobile before. what exactly does this do that that can't?

oh, no!! i'm sorry you didn't get a chance to explore some new places, much less get to even ride nearly as much as you wanted during your vacation. i hope you're blessed with some better riding days within the season.

hey SEJ. were you able to hit up heavenly? if so, could you give a report? which slopes did you ride for the pow and how did it turn out? i'll be riding on saturday when the storms are taking a break on my GS board probably will to try to ride mott canyon for the first time. i must take my own picture of this sign!

Downhill video that a longboarder friend of mine showed me. Video quality is quite clear. Entertained me well, but I'm no longboarder. Figured some people here would eat this up though, so enjoy. Let Go Rider: Kyle Chin Skate House Media

OT, but the timing is too suitably ironic to not share my experience in presence of the incidents of getting hit and moving on without a word. Late last season in the latter half of the ski day, I'm going down one of my favorite runs, and right before a section where the slope turns to a small cattrack, I see a nice, animated lady maybe in her forties that's fallen over with a detached ski next to her and away from her poles a body length or two uphill behind her. Since, of course, I'm the nicest guy on earth, I pick up the ski poles and hand 'em to her when I get down to her, she jovially thanks me, and I wish her a nice rest of the day before continuing down the cattrack where there's some dude on skis staring at me while I ride down. As I'm about to pass him, he yells to me: "I sure hope you helped her back up!" (In hindsight, I think he definitely saw that I didn't help her up, but I dunno.) I have to stop right smackdab at the start of the cattrack 'cause I can't hear him over my board running on the snow. "'Scuse me?" I ask. He repeats what he said with some more assertion, and I reply "oh. No. I didn't." His stare turns to a mean mug at some point, and he says "you'd expect that one would help a nice lady up after hitting her.." I say something to the effect of, "You're right, and she really is a pleasant person, but I didn't hit her; I did fetch her ski poles though." He doesn't say anything after that. Being left after the exchange a bit bummed, but not irritated, at the no-momentum at the beginning of the cattrack, I start skating, then take a rest at the end of it. I do notice at one point the couple talking for a few moments before continuing skiing. When they catch up, the guy humbly apologizes and thanks me for helping her out. I just say "no problem," and they continue on. The lady shoots me a pretty smile; I smile back with my lips and give a quick nod. They ski on, and that's the end of that. Normally I feel bat$h1T introvert-offended when stuff like this happens, but I felt even more calm than I usually do; it must've been the nice lady rubbing off on me. I spend the next few runs contemplating how great the couple might be together and that he was perhaps, in full realization of her warm personality, trying to ensure that his S.O. got the respectful treatment she deserved. I enjoyed the rest of my day, but in some strange sort of melancholic mindset though, if that makes any sense.

heheh, you're out of the loop! last updated 2007 ;) but nonetheless awesome to come up on your own with an idea so crazy that it'd work!

Compliments. That is one badass shot. Add it to the Personal Best Carving Photos thread? ;)